I looked at both. The NewsLadder is laden with left wing sources and Ackerman is also very left wing – so much so that even the left wing New Republic fired him (which is astounding, given the Beauchamp fiasco).

Point taken. I just scrolled through quickly and missed some of them. It still looks like a lot of political-oriented sites with a smattering of independent-objective sites. Probably not my top choice but ok if you’re willing to weed through the links.